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Number Rocks for Hands On Math

Shared by Mary Catherine 2 Comments

hands painting rocks, adding dots for numbers, then the finished product of painted rocks with numbers and corresponding dots on them. text reads number rocks

When it comes to number activities for preschoolers, number rocks are such fun. They make the perfect go-to math manipulatives. They’re colorful, unique, and let’s face it – kids love rocks! You’ll definitely want to incorporate them into your math activities for preschoolers. Related: Simple Outdoor Number Activities for Kids If you’re a preschool teacher,Keep Reading

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Counting, Numbers, one-to-one correspondence, rocks

Activities for The Mitten with Homemade Story Stones

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collage of mitten story stones with text that reads story rock activities for the mitten

Use homemade story stones for a variety of literacy and math activities for The Mitten, a well-loved book by Jan Brett. Related: The Mitten Printables Many preschoolers love getting into retelling activities, and I always want to encourage this interest. With that in mind, I put together these story stones during a story study ofKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: Books, Free Printable, rocks

Learning Shapes and Colors with Rainbow Rocks

Shared by Mary Catherine 13 Comments

I love using rocks to teach children!  We’ve made pet rocks and number rocks both at home and in the classroom, and they have always been a hit with the kids.  For this go, I used a larger collection of rocks.  This way, my preschoolers could use them for learning shapes and colors, along with patterns and sorting.Keep Reading

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Colors, rocks, Shapes

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